# 2002–03 Atalanta BC season

Atalanta BC lost its momentum it had built in its first two Serie A seasons in its stint, eventually being relegated following a playoff against Reggina. The championship was such competitive than Atalanta was only four points away from repeating its 9th place from the 2001-02 season, but instead had to face Serie B competition, losing key players such as Cristiano Doni, Luciano Zauri and Ousmane Dabo to bigger clubs.

## Squad
### Goalkeepers

* Massimo Taibi
* Alex Calderoni

### Defenders

* Gianpaolo Bellini
* Massimo Carrera
* Fabiano
* Paolo Foglio
* Natale Gonnella
* Cesare Natali
* Fabio Rustico
* Luigi Sala
* Sebastiano Siviglia
* Paolo Tramezzani
* Damiano Zenoni
* Danilo Zini

### Midfielders

* Daniele Berretta
* Yuri Breviario
* Ousmane Dabo
* Cristiano Doni
* Vinicio Espinal
* Ivan Javorčić
* Carmine Gautieri
* Alex Pinardi
* Luciano Zauri
* Apostolos Liolidis

### Attackers

* Rolando Bianchi
* Gianni Comandini
* Piá
* Julien Rantier
* Fausto Rossini
* Luca Saudati
* Davor Vugrinec

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 38 | |
| 14 | Reggina | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 15 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 38 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 16 | Piacenza (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Como (R) | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Modena finished ahead of Empoli, Atalanta and Reggina on head-to-head points: Modena: 10 pts, Empoli: 9 pts, Atalanta: 7 pts, Reggina: 5 pts.
* ↑ Atalanta to 2003–04 Serie B after tie-breaker.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |

#### Score overview

| Opposition | Home Score | Away Score | Double |
| Bologna | 2–2 | 3–2 | N |
| Brescia | 2–0 | 0–3 | N |
| Chievo Verona | 1–0 | 1–4 | N |
| Como | 2–1 | 1–1 | N |
| Empoli | 2–2 | 0–0 | N |
| Internazionale | 1–0 | 1–1 | N |
| Juventus | 1–1 | 0–3 | N |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 0–0 | N |
| Milan | 1–4 | 3–3 | N |
| Modena | 1–3 | 2–0 | N |
| Parma | 0–0 | 1–2 | N |
| Perugia | 0–2 | 0–1 | N |
| Piacenza | 2–0 | 0–2 | N |
| Reggina | 1–1 | 1–1 | N |
| Roma | 2–1 | 2–1 | Y |
| Torino | 2–2 | 1–1 | N |
| Udinese | 0–0 | 0–1 | N |

#### Matches
### Topscorers

* Cristiano Doni 10
* Alex Pinardi 4
* Fausto Rossini 3
* Gianni Comandini 3
* Luigi Sala 3